Zach Mildren

Zach Mildren

Full-time movie bro |  Part-time therapist

Favorite films

  • The Thing
  • Short Term 12
  • Django Unchained
  • The Vast of Night

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  • Godzilla Minus One

    ★★★★½

  • Spaceman

    ★★

  • Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

  • Saltburn

    ★★

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  • Spaceman

    Spaceman

    ★★

    Finished the book right before watching this and I’m actually baffled that this was the route that was take for an adaptation. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

    I would highly recommend reading the novel, Spaceman of Bohemia as what you see in the movie is maybe 30% of what actually happens in the book, and some major story beats in the film are radically different and not for the better. Jaroslav Kalfař‘s first novel is a love letter…

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    Speechless in so many departments.

    Can’t wait to shout “Lisan al Gaib!” with the boys any time one of us does something moderately cool.

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  • Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

    Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

    ★★★

    My Take in One Sentence
    More extreme highs and lows than a clinically diagnosed bipolar coaster.

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    Birds of Prey (and the Fabulous Unnecessarily Long Title) is not a perfect movie. It’s awkwardly paced, makes some bizarre costume choices, has some abysmal acting in places, and doesn’t really make any decisions on who Harley Quinn is. But god damn is it fun. Margot Robbie invests everything into her character and it really shows, convincingly jumping between Harley’s unstable menagerie of…

  • Evil Dead Rise

    Evil Dead Rise

    ★★★

    A cautionary tale for kids who think they’re talented enough to remix LCD Soundsystem.